RPM3: How responding, preventing, monitoring, mentoring, and modeling can help you be a successful parent
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Responding to your child in an appropriate manner
Preventing risky behavior or problems before they arise
Monitoring your child’s contact with his or her surrounding world
Mentoring your child to support and encourage desired behaviors
Modeling your own behavior to provide a consistent, positive example for your child
Resources
Articles
- Adventures in Parenting
- Introduction to Adventures in Parenting
- So where do we start?
- RPM3: How responding, preventing, monitoring, mentoring, and modeling can help you be a successful parent
- Responding
- Prevention
- Monitoring
- Mentoring
- Modeling
- Now what should I do?
- Under 3
- Under 3: Responding
- Under 3: Prevention
- Under 3: Monitoring
- Under 3: Mentoring
- Under 3: Modeling
- Between 4 and 10
- 4 to 10: Responding
- 4 to 10: Prevention
- 4 to 10: Monitoring
- 4 to 10: Mentoring
- 4 to 10: Modeling
- Between 11 and 14
- 11 to 14: Responding
- 11 to 14: Prevention
- 11 to 14: Monitoring
- 11 to 14: Mentoring
- 11 to 14: Modeling
- RPM3 Summary
- References
- Infants: Parenting and Child Development
- Early Childhood: Parenting and Child Development
- Adventures in Parenting
News
- AHA News: What Parents Can Do When Kids With Congenital Heart Defects Grow Up
- Poll Finds Most Parents Would Use CBD to Treat a Child — Is That Wise?
- FDA Warns of Infant Formula Powders Tied to Infections
- Kids' Poisonings Rise as More Parents Bring Pot Edibles Home
- Lockdowns May Not Have Harmed Toddlers' Language Learning: Studies
- U.S. Kids Still Dying From Toppling TVs, Furniture
- AHA News: Amid a National Mental Health Crisis For Kids, Here's How Parents Can Help
- The 'Oreo Test' and Other Ways to Help Kids' Oral Health
- Screens Near Bedtime Bad for Preschoolers' Sleep
- Getting Your School-Age Child Into a Healthy Sleep Routine
- 40 more
- Many Kids Aren't Wearing Helmets While Sledding, Poll Finds
- Kids' Behavior Worsened With Remote Learning: Study
- Later School Start Times Boost Parents' Health, Too
- Parents Underestimate How Much Time Teens Spent Online During Pandemic
- Mom & Dad's Holiday Stress a Downer for Kids, Poll Finds
- Pandemic Saw Big Declines in Kids' Use of Drugs, Alcohol, Vaping
- 'Baby Talk' Is Really Helping Baby Learn
- Reading With Your Toddler? Books May Beat Screens
- Are Your Holiday Gifts on the 'Noisy Toy List'?
- Many Kids, Teens Think Girls Don't Care About Computer Science
- Most Parents Say Their Kids Aren't Thankful Enough: Poll
- Pandemic Curbed Kids' Efforts to Lose Excess Weight
- AHA News: Family-Based Programs Targeting Childhood Obesity Can Be Good for Parents, Too
- Teen Social Media Posts About Cutting, Other Self-Harm Are Soaring
- Wealthier Parents More Likely to Get COVID Vaccines for Young Kids: Poll
- No Evidence Violent Video Games Lead to Real Violence: Study
- For Kids Afraid of Needles, These Tips May Help Ease COVID Shots
- U.S. Adolescents' Daily Screen Time Doubled During Pandemic
- Pediatricians Offer Advice on Keeping Trick-or-Treaters Safe
- Many Parents Worry That Kids Fell Behind in Schooling During Pandemic
- Be Your Teen's Best Partner as They Learn to Drive
- As COVID Cases Drop, Fauci Tells Families to Enjoy Halloween
- Kids With Food Allergies Are Often Targets for Bullies
- As Kids Turned to Screens During Pandemic, Their Mental Health Suffered
- Active Learning Best for Students: Study
- Infant Deaths Spark Baby Loungers Recall
- New Tricks to Turn Your Fussy Eater Around
- Watch Their Backs -- Don't Overload Those Schoolbags
- Tips to Helping Your Teen Get Enough Zzzzzs
- Kids' Temporary Tattoos Can Harm Skin Function
- Kids Piled on Extra Pounds During Pandemic
- Pandemic Had Many Young Athletes Reconsidering Their Sport
- As Classes Resume, Some Health Tips From the CDC
- Parents, Look Out for Mental Health Issues as College Kids Return to Class
- Get Your Kids on a School-Ready Sleep Schedule
- AHA News: Protecting Children's Mental Health as They Head Back to School
- How Your Kid's Education Could Make You Healthier
- Drowning Deaths for U.S. Kids Have Fallen 38% Since 1999
- Parent's Words Key to Young Kids' Fears Around Vaccination
- Summer Drowning Deaths Can Happen Quickly: Know the Facts
Self-Help Groups
Links
Videos
- Positive Behavior Support: Making Clear and Effective Requests
- Monitoring and Limit Setting: Clear Rules
- Bullying Prevention: Lessons from Research and Practices
- Boys & HPV Vaccine
- Accident Proofing Kids
- Teaching Kids to Get Moving
- Kids and Brain Strain
- Risks in Delaying Childhood Vaccinations
- Are Kids Getting Enough Sleep?
- Most Kid's Fevers, No Worries
- 26 more
- Guidance for Uncertain Times: Mindful Parenting
- Dipping into Swim Safety
- Sick Kids: Viral vs. Bacterial
- Focusing your Children on Fitness
- Parents Slow to Recognize Obese Children
- Monitoring and Limit Setting: Privilege Removal
- 3 Easy Tips to Get Children Active
- NAMI's Ask the Doctor Calls--Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- All in On Water Safety
- Finding Effective Mental Health Treatment for Children
- Helping Children with Divorce
- Preventing Death by Suicide-Strategies to Help Children, Youth and Families
- Vaccines: Separating Myth from Reality
- Back to School: Dr. Stephen Whiteside on Routines
- Dr. Bridget Biggs on Bullying
- Weight Control For Children: Improving Physical Activity
- How to Talk to Teens: A Developmental Approach
- 6 Top Tips for Parents
- Bipolar Mom Struggles With The Daily Routine
- Get Moving: Simple Ways to Improve Physical and Mental Health
- Stop the Chaos! Tips for Creating a Peaceful Household When Mom has ADHD
- Common Childhood Illnesses & Immunizations
- Positive Parenting & Promoting Mental Health
- Childhood Obesity & Healthy Eating
- The Long term Impacts of Bullying
- Preventing Childhood Obesity
More Information
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D. on Parental Alienation
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Annie Fox on Parenting 21st Century Teens
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Marsha Temlock, MA on Adult Child Divorce
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc. on Raising Kids without Raising Your Voice
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